Halloween Extravaganza Multi-author Book Giveaway!

Writing
in the Modern Age Halloween Extravaganza!

Hello, readers! I hope your autumn
season thus far has been enjoyable!

If you're a veteran reader of this
blog, then you know that I host big giveaways sometimes. If you're a newcomer,
however, welcome to Writing in the Modern Age, where writers of all stages can
come for writing advice, and readers can find their new favorite authors!

To honor fall, one of my favorite
seasons, as well as to recognize the upcoming fun, yet ghoulish holiday, I've
put together a little something that's a bit different than what we've done
before. This time, our multi-author giveaway will be centered around the
lighthearted and scary aspects of Halloween. You'll see offerings from
such genres as paranormal romance, romantic suspense, paranormal
mystery/thriller, crime/mystery/thriller, horror, psychological thriller,
dystopian suspense, paranormal/urban fantasy and more! We're covering anything
from witches to ghosts to zombies to serial killers all the way to time travel
mystery. We are offering books for kids, teenagers and adults. So, everyone is
bound to find something they like. With 44 participating authors, 69 different
titles and over 135 chances to win, you can't lose!

So, how does the process actually
work? Well, it's fairly simple. Just leave a comment on the blog post below
with your reading preferences. Don't just tell us a particular title you want,
and then move on (though you can tell us if you already have something). We
want you to have numerous chances to win so give us an idea of the kind of
books you like to read! And DON'T forget to give us an email
where we can contact you to send your prize. It's really hard for me to try to
track people down all over social media, and I may end up finding the wrong
person at that. So, please make it easier on the both of us by providing a good
email address where can reach you. I never spam anyone, and we'll only send you
an email regarding your winnings in this Halloween giveaway.

What is the catch? No catch! If you
state your interest, what kind of books you prefer as well as your email, I
will do all I can to honor your preferences. Oh! And this giveaway will run for
a week.

Now, the moment you've all been
waiting for...the big reveal!

I've put up the prizes in no
particular order so keep scrolling down to find new options. Who knows? You
might find something right up your alley! Hyperlinked to each author's name,
you'll find a site with more information about them, whether it be their Amazon
author page or their website. With each listing, you'll see the title, the
blurb, the genre, what format and how many copies are available for the
giveaway. I've also included a prize number in the donation so you can come
back and find the information a little more easily. It's all very exciting!

Blurb: Faced with the loss of his
immortality, Bewitcher Random A. Ransom has to defeat Mary Barron’s young
assistants: Tuck Barrons, Earl Lee Farley, and Sue Anne Edwards. Confident he
can beat three kids, Random has no idea that the Johnson triplets have invaded
the ranks of his brethren. These brothers have pledged their souls to Archangel
Michael to rid the world of evil. What the Bewitcher thought would be easy
isn’t so easy after all.

Blurb: What is the
secret of the Midnight Diet Club? Esme suspects her sinister bullies are more
than your average teenage girls, but where do they go at midnight? This
suspenseful page-turner won 1st Prize in the Florida Writers Association Royal
Palm LIterary Awards. You won't be able to put it down or stop listening to the
great audio book.

Blurb: In the first
book of a middle-grade fantasy-comedy-mystery series, Brodie Adkins is thrown
into the wacky world of Monstrovia where he encounters flying serpents, deadly
giants and a monstrous murder mystery that only he can solve! In Monstrovia,
anything can and does happen! Kids of all ages won’t be able to put it down
until the hilarious surprising ending. Join the adventure as related by
award-winning author Mark Newhouse from the diary of Brodie Adkins!

Grad student, Shelly Adams, must work with the devious chairperson of the
failing university parapsychology department, and his team of ECTOS,
(Ectoplasmic Researchers), on dangerous supernatural assignments to rid herself
of a ghost who may be a killer, or may have made her the target of a deranged
stalker. Ghosts, stalkers, insane lover, all with secrets…what more could a
girl want?

Desiree Edwards has a problem. She’s been attacked, kidnapped and forced to get
along with a vampire of all things. It’s something right out of the story books
she reads, or her worst nightmare. But, sometimes he’s not the monster he
appears to be. He seems so humanlike that she can’t help it when her emotions
betray her, when her body betrays her. To make matters worse, she finds out
more about herself than she ever wanted to know.

She was unlike any other…

Alec has a problem. The animal in him wants Desiree. But, so does the man. The
more he learns about her, the harder it is to deny what he wants. But, he’s a
freak, and she’s just a human. The two species don’t mix that way. Then an old
enemy surfaces and Alec is forced to make a choice. His life or hers.

Can Alec’s soul be saved by this unique human? Or will it be far too late?

Blurb: There was no
reflection. Just a dark face and a pair of red eyes that glistened. "What
do you want?” she whispered. There was no answer. He only smiled. All of a
sudden, a powerful force slammed her back against the door…

Claire Retin has been dealing with the same nightmare for years. Little does
she know that she is not the only one. When she meets a kindred spirit, she realizes
there's more to this nightmare than she previously thought. With the aid of a
new lover, she seeks to combat this foe while the past threatens to overcome
her.

Blurb: Death is only
the beginning. That is what Alexa Hamilton realizes when she discovers herself
beyond the land of the living. She must enlist the help of her best friend and
a handsome, but stubborn detective to try to put the missing pieces of her life
back together. Alexa faces the biggest challenge of her life when she has to
choose between seeking revenge upon her killer or the hereafter. Or perhaps she
can have both? Only time will tell.

Blurb: "Awaken is
set in a world very much like our own, yet Atlanta isn’t just an ordinary city
and Alee Moyer isn’t just an ordinary girl. Having barely survived her
childhood it will take the death of her father for the truth of her true
bloodline to come out. Even if it means losing her life, or at least her identity
she won’t be able to escape her true destiny as the first surviving Dhampir in
history. Surrounded by a new world where the horror films she grew up watching
have become reality and the most unlikely characters have become her lifeline,
Alee will struggle to find herself and her purpose.
Part horror thriller - part tender romance, Awaken will leave readers wanting
more!"

Blurb: Set in a
futuristic dystopian where society is governed by a council of vampires and
lycanthropes, selection students are sheltered and raised in a deceptively
utopian world. Strict rules are imposed to control population growth,
education, and even personal interactions with other members of the Sector, all
in the name of safety.

Blurb: Claire could
feel him in her brain. Who was he? Where did he come from? What did he want her
to do?
Driven to madness by Allen, Claire will face the hardest fight for her life and
that of the ones she loves.
Tim has a secret, will he reveal it to Claire in time to save her? His proposal
is not what she ever imagined.

Blurb: Nothing short of
a miracle will convince Angelea she’s the person everyone claims she is. She
thought she was just waking up from a nightmare, but her nightmare is just
beginning. Her doctor tells her she’s someone named Angel Bennett, someone
she’s never heard of and the bruises on her body tell her something horrendous
has happened to her, but what? That’s something no one can figure out.
Nate Matthews knows who Angelea really is. She’s his lover and he’d hoped his
future wife. But when she awakens in the hospital after a routine surgery and
she claims she’s married to a man named Alexander from a time long ago, he
knows they will both be up against something no one has ever had to face
before. Maybe something evil. How will he convince the love of his life she is
not married to a pirate?

Blurb: The Forgotten
Coast of Florida contains the most beautiful beaches in the world. It also
hides a secret. A vicious murder causes the area to lock doors; staying inside
away from the glory of nature. Delicious Tupelo honey, the most desirable of
the golden nectars, silently gathers in hives. Locals collect it lovingly as
did ancestors before. Gulf County Detective, Sue Gibbs, also gathers something
of worth. Slowly, she chips at family and friends as she gathers information
leading to the arrest of the perpetrator. Even the revered ladies of the
Panhandle Patriots, who know well secrets of the area, are not beyond scrutiny.
These special ladies silently discover mysteries on yellowing sheets of
crumbled paper from earlier generations. Detective Gibbs will find the killer
regardless of consequences. This case will cause discussion for future
residents. All of this waits for discovery on the Forgotten Coast.

Blurb: Kate Martins
appears to have it all, a good career, a beautiful home, and an amazing
husband. What more could a woman ask for? But when Kate's recurring nightmares
begin to cross over into her waking hours, she discovers that her perfect life
is not at all what it seems. It isn't until she meets a mysterious stranger
that Kate begins to truly question who she is and where she comes from.

Blurb: Through numerous
reincarnations, Jade Jacome has adored one man. His love for her has repeatedly
led to her murder, always on the same day and time. Jade's scientific research
proves this is their final rebirth, her last chance to outwit destiny and
fulfill their passion. Against a backdrop of Brazil's lushly decadent Carnaval,
Jade has forty-eight hours to meet and tempt her lover, now known as Patrick
Kane, then break fate's deadly pattern. Irresistibly drawn to Rio, Patrick
senses Jade's yearning that matches his. Seeing her again, time stops. Though
they've never met in this life, he feels their connection, and that she's in
danger because of him. Baffled and unsettled, Patrick resists his attraction to
Jade to keep her safe. In a contest of wills and shameless seduction, Jade must
gamble all, even her life, before the anniversary of their first separation or
risk losing Patrick forever.

Blurb:
When she’s good, she’s very good. But when he’s bad, she’s
better.

Taming the Beast, Book 2

As a good fairy, Heather is
empathetic and chaste to a fault. No bad language, no dirty thoughts, flirting
and no sex. But when a satyr named Daemon steps up to her reception desk at
From Crud to Stud, she finds herself on the fast track to exquisite corruption.

Daemon is the total bad-boy package
with a kiss straight from the dark side. Though he’s here for a supernatural
makeover, Heather can’t imagine why any red-blooded woman would want him to
change.

A disciple of the god of wine,
Daemon has had his share of good times. But sex has never been this good.
Heather brings out a new side of him, a side that makes him want to protect as
well as pillage.

But Daemon needs a little creative
backup to help set his fairy’s naughtiness free. And that means bringing in
Mistress Jin. Under the genie’s tutelage and Daemon’s shameless lust, Heather
is about to learn what it means to let loose.

Warning: Not your typical bedtime
story. May lead to indecent behavior, a taste for voyeurism, discipline,
bondage, m/f, m/f/f and f/f action, which will result in screaming orgasms.
Proceed with caution.

When Dallas resident Callie Taylor died young, she expected to go to heaven, or
maybe hell.

Instead, when she met her fate early thanks to a creep with a knife and a mommy
complex, she went to Alabama. Now she's witnessed another murder, and she's not
about to let this one go. She's determined to help solve it before an innocent
man goes to prison. And to answer the biggest question of all: why the hell did
she wake up dead in Alabama?

Watch for the next book! Playing Dead: A Callie Taylor Mystery ~ Coming
Soon!

Blurb: Detective Cami
Davis and her sexy, cowboy-turned-vampire informant are all that’s standing
between humanity and monsters who would rule the world—and all that’s standing
between them having a torrid love affair is the fact that he’s an enemy of
humanity.

THROUGH DARKEST TEMPTATION

When Dallas police detective Cami Davis joined the city’s vampire unit, she
planned to use the job as a stepping-stone to a better position in the
department. She didn’t know then what she knows now: A silent war rages between
humans and their supposedly pacified predators, and the vampires are winning.
With the clock running out on her kind, Cami will do whatever she must to
defeat the “Sanguinary.”

Enter Reese Fulton, a disaffected ex-cop and a vampire. She can’t exactly trust
him, but with his cowboy boots and good-ole-boy drawl he’s the perfect beard
for Cami’s fledgling undercover operation. Yet playing Reese’s Claimed—a
vampire’s personal bloodgiver—isn’t as straightforward as she was led to
believe. His bite is as enthralling as his dimpled smile, and soon Cami is
wondering which will pose more of a challenge: subduing the enemies of
humanity...or her own desire.

It's been almost two thousand years since the mer-shifter Skyla walked the
streets of Athens—not since her heart was broken by a human man and she
exchanged the land and sky for the ocean depths. Ever since, she has lived in
the underwater ruins of Atlantis, studying with the priestesses of the goddess
Amphitrite, refining her mermaid powers and ignoring her human half.

But her studies are interrupted when she is called upon by the god Poseidon
himself to investigate rumors that the world above is being polluted by the
magic of creatures from another realm—and worse, that the ocean kingdom of the
mer-people might be next.

When her inquiries in modern-day Greece lead her to an American detective
asking similar questions, Skyla realizes that the magical problem she's been
sent to research is bigger than she anticipated—and that one human's kisses
might be more dangerous to her, and her world, than she ever could have
imagined.

Blurb: Fairy, Texas. A
small town like any other. Laney Harris didn't want to live there. When her
mother remarried and moved them to a town where a date meant hanging out at the
Sonic, Laney figured that "boring" would have a whole new meaning. A
new stepsister who despised her and a high school where she was the only topic
of gossip were bad enough. But when she met the school counselor (and his terminal
bad breath), she grew suspicious. Especially since he had wings that only she
could see. And then there were Josh and Mason, two gorgeous glimmering-eyed
classmates whose interest in her might not be for the reasons she hoped. Not to
mention that dead guy she nearly tripped over in gym class. She was right.
Boring took on an entirely new dimension in Fairy, Texas.

Blurb: New York 2090
and the New Prohibition is in full swing with speakeasy joints offering their
brew for the thirsty public. When people in search of the bootleg liquor go
missing, it's up to a G-man to find them and the brew they've been drinking.
(Horror short story)

Blurb: Though people
have been exploring the legend of the vampire for hundreds of years, the female
vampire has been largely overlooked...until now. Pill Hill Press proudly
presents FEM FANGS, a collection of short stories focused on fanged girls of
the night with a taste for human blood and a penchant for power, seduction and
terror. Find your favorite turtleneck and sink your teeth into this monster of
a collection. You're in store for some long, dark nights filled with beautiful,
hungry creatures. Don't cry when you find yourself with two perfectly round
puncture wounds on your neck...because you've been warned.

Blurb: Ghosts are popping up all
over Landry. The town is being overrun and no one knows why—least of all Hailey
Hatmaker and her Ghosties crew. Only none of these ghosts are talking. They’re
terrified of something that only Hailey and her team can figure out. Something
which could prove disastrous for them all.

Genre: YA Paranormal

Format: ebook

# of copies: 1

25. Testosterone
Poisoning, Book 1: "It's what you do" by Carole
McKee

Blurb: After breaking
up with Derek, Kyla Stanford meets the man of her dreams. Storm Galloway is the
most gorgeous man she has ever seen. They are so right for each other, and they
could not be happier. When Derek sees them together he is enraged. Kyla must
pay for her lies and infidelity--Derek will see to it. He hatches a plan. Will
Storm find her and save her? Will he be on time? And finally, what does
Testosterone poisoning mean? Who is poisoned by testosterone? This is Book 1 of
the series of three.

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Format: ebook

# of copies: 2

26. A bundle of the Angelic Business
Series (3 books): Pink Matters,
Shapes of Greg, Pink, Angel or Demon? by Olga Nuñez Mirét

Blurbs:

Angelic Business 1.
Pink Matters

You are Pink, not the prettiest girl, but smart and
with plenty of resources. What do you do when your best male friend offers to
have sex with you, because he thinks you’re a lost cause? You plot your revenge
with your two best female friends, of course!
It seems you’re in luck when a new and mysterious student appears. And, to top
it all, he seems interested in you too. He could take part in the plan. But
then, he seems to have a plan of his own… He insists he’s not just an ordinary
boy. And what seemed so easy to begin with, gets more and more complicated when
Heaven and Hell come knocking at Pink’s door.
Pink Matters is the story of Pink, a 17-year-old girl, a good student,
articulate and smart. But she has never been the centre of attention or made
the top ten of the most popular and attractive girls at school. When two guys,
both claiming to be angels, insist that she is, indeed, ‘special’, fight for
her attention and help, and tell her she is the key to the future of the universe,
she is quite cynical. But these guys can ‘do’ pretty amazing things, even
miracles, so she has to wonder….

Angelic Business 2.
Shapes of Greg

This is book 2 in the series 'Angelic Business'.
What more could happen after the death and resurrection of your mother? What
could Heaven and Hell toss at Pink to top that? Well, to start with, she gets a
new hellish babysitter, who is seriously hot. And although everybody likes him,
he only has eyes for her. When she learns what the price was for the ‘miracle’
of saving her mother, she realises that she must be careful, as Hell doesn’t
lose gracefully.
One of her friends wants to find the perfect man, the other one gets into a
relationship she refuses to talk about, there’s a demon who doesn’t know when
to give up and an angel who seems to have his own agenda. What on Earth, Hell
or Heaven is going on?

Angelic Business 3.
Pink, Angel or Demon?

OK, OK, OK. Pink gets it. She’s the
Elected, whether she likes it or not. Heaven and Hell are closing in, and their
envoys are closer to home than ever. So close she can’t ignore them. And she’ll do
everything but.
However long she has, she’s determined to make it count. She’ll sort her
friends out, she’ll help her family and, she’ll live a bit. And then, she’ll
take charge. Because no one will say that Pink went down without a fight.
However big and bad the enemy.
Gender benders, romances, old loves that come to fruition, new challenges,
divine interventions, tears, laughter and magic. All of that and more. Because,
if you‘re gonna go, you might as well go out with a bang.

Blurb: Once upon a time
there was a pair of twins, a girl and boy. Ruth was blonde, blue eyes, very
fair and really good. Max was dark haired, grey eyes, broody and bad. Their
next door neighbour and pal, Hilda, tried to be friends with both but it was
not an easy task. They didn’t like each other and she found herself in the
middle trying to keep the peace. Max found his sister impossibly perfect and
tiresome, and Ruth could not stand her brother’s bad boy attitude and his
horrible behaviour. She was scared of him. Ruth was too perfect and child-like
for the real world and Hilda suspected something was wrong but didn’t know
what. Was she the angel everybody took her for? Was she ill? When both twins
started talking about fate and said that “something” would happen she worried.
What could she do? And indeed they were right. Something did happen.

Blurb: Heather Stone is
driving eight hundred miles to cry on her sister’s shoulder, after her
boyfriend of three years dumps her. He needs space! "Our sex life is
boring! You need to find the passion that’s been lost!"

“Well, screw you!” she yells, just as her overheated car, pings, coughs, and
shudders to a stop on a deserted road by the Arizona eastern border. Could
any more happen to her? She grabs her purse and starts walking. The sign Dugan’s
Creek, leads her to an oasis of much need water to cool her throat and
blistered feet.

The sun starts to set and Heather is thinking this might not have been the
smartest move when two pairs of eyes emerge from the lush foliage. Wolves! From
behind her a brown wolf jumps in to protect her. In a panic, she takes a step
back and her foot connects with air, dumping her in the water, her head
smashing against a boulder.

Disoriented, Heather awakens to a sky full of stars and a pair of emerald
green eyes that will either tear her apart or remind her of the meaning of the
word passion.

Blurb: Ten-year old
Andy Thompson disobeys his mother and sneaks into the basement of an old
abandoned house that’s due for demolition. He stumbles upon a mysterious box
under an old cabinet. And his troubles begin when he looks inside.

The Crew brothers, twelve-year old Jason, and ten-year old Danny, also find
their way to the basement. New to town, Jason has established himself as the
school bully. A struggle ensues between Andy and Jason and the bully ends up as
a toad.

Somehow, the boys must reverse the magical spell. And that means hiking up the
dread mountain: fast pace, fast action and just a few scares and surprises on
the way! The lives of all three boys seem destined to change forever, if they
survive…

Blurb: As a Certified
Mental Health Therapist, Scott Reid has his share of interesting experiences,
though nothing compares with the time he spends with the psychic, Alex Elson.
In this sequel to the novel, ALEX, Alex is once again plagued by terrifying
images and dreams. He turns to Doctor Reid in the hopes of learning to control
his visions. Instead, Scott’s own demons are roused, flashbacks of childhood
sexual abuse and rape, and he’s pulled into Alex’s world, where dreams and
reality mix with terrifying results.

Two young men, brothers, have been abducted from the lake outside of Oakton
without a trace of who took them. That is, until Alex receives a silver pocket
watch in the mail belonging to the elder brother, a taunt from the kidnapper
for Alex to come find them. Alex’s visions become nightmares. Images flash in
his mind of an abandoned well and a terrified, lonely boy slowly dying at the
bottom. The shed looms close by, holding a horrifying secret, a dark place
Alex’s frightened mind refuses to go.

With the help of Scott Reid, Alex endeavors to control his visions and find the
brutalized victims before death claims them. But the watch is ticking away and
time’s running out.

Blurb: Martin and Clare
Montgomery worked together as an archaeological team until Martin mysteriously
died. Fearing the rumors of a curse Clare vowed to never return that was until
a rare blue eyed owl began to haunt her dreams. Was this a sign from her
beloved Martin or something more sinister?

Blurb: Just like any
young girl in love, Hannah Tramont thinks she and Bret will be together
forever, even after she learns he is a vampire. But when he leaves Hannah for
fellow vampire Tressie, the fiancé who broke his heart one hundred years
before, Hannah suddenly fears for her life. Tressie is not the only one who
dislikes Hannah. When Bret's gang decides she knows too much about their
hangouts and weak points, they decide they want to do away with her. Just in
the nick of time, Hannah receives a scholarship to Cambridge University in
England and leaves San Francisco immediately. As she settles into a new life
across the ocean, and begins a new relationship, Hannah finally starts to feel
safe from Bret and his family of vampires. In this suspenseful tale of romantic
vampire love gone wrong, Hannah soon learns that her past is destined to catch
up with her . . . no matter how far she runs.

Blurb: Dave Smith and
his wife, Jocelyn, had waited a long time to have children. And then they were
blessed with twins!

The man in the suit that greeted Dave as he saw his children for the first time
gave him chills. Dave needed to spend the next twelve years preparing to play a
game that would change their lives forever.

Because playing this game could kill you.

Genre: Suspense, Dystopian

Format: ebook

# of copies: 5

34. A bundle of the Earth's Magick Series
(2 books - Earth and Water) and short story Getaway by Mel
Massey

Blurbs:

Earth's Magick, Book 1:
Earth

Life in Trinity Hills, Texas goes from normal to
deadly for Mela Malone. Whenever Mela falls asleep, a mysterious creature,
called The Hag, tries to kill her. What begins as dabbling in protective spells
from an ancient Grimoire, leads to her initiation into an ancient order of
warrior witches known as the Elementai.
Mela learns war is coming with The Darkness and the Hag is only one of the evil
creatures in its service. As an Elementai, Mela learns it’s her duty to find
four part-human sisters who can help defeat the evil that threatens to return
to the world. With every new discovery, Mela uncovers ancient secrets that
complicate her quest further.
As war approaches, everyone must make a choice - fight with the Elementai for
all life on Earth, or fight for The Darkness…

Earth’s Magick, Book 2:
Water

Mela's story continues in the second book in the Earth's
Magick series.

Mela Malone is one of the most powerful Witches in Texas. While learning how to
defeat Evil using magick, and a sword, the unexpected departure of two of her
closest friends disrupts the balance of her world. Meanwhile, a new threat
comes to Trinity Hills, Texas that puts even the innocent townspeople in
danger. Mela must step up and defend, not only those she loves, but the entire
town. Both old and new friends bring additional complications into her chaotic
life...especially since one of them is a handsome Witch on a mission of his own.

----

Getaway

When Lisa goes to visit her parents, she comes home
to an empty house. Or so she thinks. As a storm rages outside, Lisa tries to
get away from something unknown that's hiding in the shadows.

Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Mia
remembers hearing a loud noise just before she reached her summer camp. It is
her last living memory.

A
year later, she haunts the place, vowing not to be lost forever. Her boyfriend,
Jax, promises to find her, regardless of the bewildering obstacles put in his
way. He just doesn’t know why no one wants her found. No one… except him.

Blurb: Photographer,
animal lover, and unfortunately for the summer, the new girl in town, Cora Nash
considers herself a simple girl. Renovating and living at her grandmother's
house seemed like a good idea, until events took a turn for the bizarre.
Garbage cans viciously torn into, howls from the woods, wild animals behaving
erratically, and an ominous warning from the good looking bad boy, "Stay
out the forest."

This seemingly normal town hides a mysterious and violent secret. When one of
the townsfolk up and disappears in the forest, leaving nothing but a pair of
shoes, Cora is the only person willing to investigate. The answer, however, is
nothing she could have ever anticipated, when under a full moon she finds
herself face to face with a… werewolf.

If werewolves don’t exist, where did it come from? And… more importantly, who
could it be?

Blurb: L.A. lawyer Zoe
Sinclair finds her Wyoming hometown reeling from the murder of its most popular
resident: her best friend, Lori. Not less unnerving are the strange cries
coming from the woods. The lawyer inside the woman is prompted into action, but
she meets resistance from a town wary of outsiders. When a second body is found
and Zoe is threatened, the case turns personal. Under pressure from the sheriff
to leave the probing to the police, and taunted by the killer’s subtle
messages, Zoe finds herself trapped in a game of hunter and prey.

Blurb: Victoria Anne
McBride is dead, mourned and buried. Unfortunately, she doesn’t see it that way
and refuses to move on. There’s something she needs to tell her husband, Will.
Until she does, she will wait for his return to their home, Stone Cottage. For
as long as it takes, she will wait...wait...wait.

Rebecca Wainwright is a 21st century woman. Her world is perfectly controlled.
Just the way she likes it. Tragedy strikes and she descends into chaos. Trying
to heal, she searches for a sanctuary...a place of her own, away from the
burdensome concern of her family and best friend. A place where she can lick
her wounds without anyone watching. She stumbles across a lovely stone home
located off the beaten path and feels completely at home, as if she’d been
there before. Why is she so drawn to this place? How can it help her to heal?

Perhaps, Annie can help.

Genre: Paranormal/Horror/Urban Fantasy

Format: ebook

# of copies: 1

40. A bundle of trilogy: Once A Goddess, Fiery Arrow and Church of the
Oak by Sheila
R. Lamb

Blurbs:

Once A Goddess

For the sake of peace, Brigid of the supernatural
Túatha dé Danann enters into an arranged marriage with Bres, the next chieftain
of the enemy Fomorian tribe, whose iron weapons and brute strength challenge
Danann magic. Brigid is told to spy for her people, and to keep the source of
their powers secret, dangerous tasks that complicate her desire of making the
best of her forced union.
Sacrificing her own hope for love, Brigid faces the Fomorians alone. She must
confront her rival, Morrigan, who tries to manipulate the tribe against her. At
the same time, Brigid suspects that Bres is breaking the truce for reasons she
doesn't understand. When his tyranny threatens the very existence of the
Danann, Brigid has no choice but to risk her life in order to save her people.
Set in a time when myths were reality, Once A Goddess brings the legend of
Ireland's magical Túatha dé Danann to life.

Fiery Arrow

Brigid, a gifted druid priestess, seeks to preserve
Ireland’s ancient religion when Christianity broaches its shores. Through a
dangerous ritual, Brigid remembers her past life – a rare power – as a goddess
of the Túatha de Danann. She must hide this secret from druids in her own order
who are jealous of the talent she possesses and would use their combined magic
to seize her power. When she confronts Patrick, the charismatic leader of the
newly-arrived Christians, she realizes they have a shared history, tied
together by a bond formed lifetimes before. As Brigid persists in reminding him
of their past and of his promise to help her revive the Danann, Patrick denies
the deal he made as a lonely slave boy to a goddess he believed to be only in
his imagination.

Church of the Oak

When Christianity broaches Ireland's
shores, Brigid, a gifted priestess, seeks to preserve the ancient beliefs
started by the Túatha de Danann. Brigid must defeat a ruthless arch-
druid, determined to control her mystical powers, and challenge the leader of
the growing Christian religion, the charismatic Patrick.

As Brigid’s mystical strengths grow, she must overcome those who try to stop
her. When she starts a rigorous druid training school, she’s threatened with a
lifetime of slavery. In order to survive, she must span two worlds and two
faiths, an undertaking that places her in Patrick’s path once again.

Memories of the past haunt her…shadows of a clandestine love and secrets she
must hide with her life.

Fifth-century Ireland is the backdrop for their turbulent lives, a place where
history and myth live side by side. A blend of fact and imagination, Church of
the Oak explores the humanity behind the divinity, a story full of magic,
intrigue, and desire.

Blurb: The Great
Tribulation’s Oblation Hour is upon the world and the city of Chicago is the
first place where the vampire oligarchs make their move. Will they succeed?
Will the human race become their slaves?

Blurb: In "I
Kissed a Ghost", Mary gets a new classmate named Jonathan who’s a great
baseball player and to get on the team, he needs Mary’s help to improve his
grades. Six months later when she learns she’s moving, she decides to give him
something special--a first kiss. Moving into her new home she soon discovers it
has a ghost named George, her age, who takes her on numerous trips to the past
of a hundred years ago. As she meets children her own age, everyone teases her
about her house being haunted, but no one will go inside. Mary likes his help
doing her math homework, writing her reports, and taking her back in time.
George and Mary’s interaction grows and she eventually gives him a quick peck
on his lips while they’re in the past, which is the only place George is a real
boy, for having done something special for her. Can Mary kiss George again at
the special date and time he needs to be kissed? What happens afterwards if she
does? The answers are all in the book!

Night after lonely night, she tosses in her solitary bed, longing to touch and
be touched, to experience desire and rapture. Her body aches to know
fulfillment, to be taken and possessed by a man—but only one man will do.

Raylan West is the man of her dreams, and Tory Summers would give everything
she owns for a chance with him. But it isn’t going to happen—a man like him is
not for her. Unless…Tory finds a way.
Deep in the bayous of South Louisiana there are secrets, magical secrets.
Hoodoo. Witchcraft. Will-o’-the-wisp floating over dark waters, lit by
unearthly light.

Desperate for a chance, Tory places her faith in the supernatural. She travels
deep into the swamp to acquire a love potion promised to bring Raylan under her
spell for one night, one perfect moonlit Halloween night where anything is
possible. For a few precious hours, Tory will be beautiful, desirable, and sexy
in Raylan’s eyes.
The only problem is…Tory wants the magic to last forever.

Blurb: Otherworldly
beings put the moves on down-to-earth women in these three stories in the
erotica genre. Dreams and fantasies prove to be open doors for a ghost, a
demonic familiar and an advertising icon.

Blurb: Newcastle 1988.
Reporter Phil Sturgess is intrigued by an up and coming rock band. Their music
is hypnotic and has a strange power over its listeners.
But then terrible things begin to occur – Macabre, bloody killings and horrific
suicides.
As the city is drawn into violent chaos Sturgess must make a choice.
Fight or flight. Heaven or hell. Live or die…

Blurb: The carefree
stroll in the woods managed to trap them in timelessness. The four students
along with their teachers would have to deal with an absurd fate. The red
scorpions, the large eagles, the nasty bats, and the bloody creatures were
determined to haunt them forever. The moment they came across the craziest
adventure of their lives, they would have to struggle to survive.

***

Green Lake was a beautiful place any time of year, a beautiful place where ten
people disappeared every century at the end of a muddy rope. On the verge of
graduation, Nick and Leona knew nothing of this. It wasn't until the nightmare
came for them that the curse became real, and their futures changed far beyond
what they could ever have dreamed.

***

The black angels have come, destroying the world to remake it in their own
image. Some humans will survive, even overcome. As their world burns, they will
rise from the ashes.

Blurb: Sheriff Evan
Stovall and Officer Josh Constance have had some pretty strange cases fall into
their laps. Angels and spirits have a way of finding them. So when they receive
a call to verify that a ghost is in residence, they take it as a pretty routine
research opportunity.

Meanwhile, in Tremor, the afterlife goes on as usual until a little girl missing
part of her soul shows up.

And a drowned man discovers that Hell might have been better than what he got
in the end.

It all started with a ghost hunt. Then the hunt got wilder--and more
terrifying--than anyone could possibly imagine.

Blurb: More than
mosquitos are eating the good folks of Springfield, Tennessee.

Joshua Constance, a detective for Nashville Metro PD gets asked to help Evan
Stovall, a sheriff of a small town called Springfield, catch a killer that’s
eating its prey. It’s a case where the dead are piling up and the killer can’t
be caught. For Evan and Josh, with the help of Josh’s dead partner, Bruce
Miller, and a sometimes angel named Brad, the chase is on and there’s Hell to
pay.

Blurb: What would you
do if you were about to die and weren’t good enough for Heaven or bad enough
for Hell? What if you were given three choices and only had a few days to
decide what your future would be? What would you do?

Blurb: Detective Josh
Constance was sure it was just a case of a runaway teen when he agreed to look
into the case. What he finds scares him to his soul and sends him and his
partner, Evan Stovall, on a race to find something not quite human before it
finds them. Death is on the move and Josh is on its to do list.

Blurb: Librarian Sophia
Marcil loves reading, especially books about ancient curses and reincarnation.
But she never imagined the legend of the Purple Delhi Sapphire was true until
she inherited it and was wrenched back in time. Now having suffered deadly
consequences, she knows and fears the sapphire’s irresistible charm, but before
she can warn her boyfriend, he proposes with a ring made from the very jewel.
No sooner is it on her finger, then she once again finds herself in the body of
another, wandering the hallway of an old Victorian mansion circa 1920.
Unfortunately, her nemesis has reincarnated too. Doomed to repeat past
mistakes, Sophia struggles to prevent the deaths of those she loves, returning
to her present-day life, with a deep understanding that her killer is not far
behind.

Blurb: Lost
memories return and unanswered questions draw them unwillingly into a
50-year-old mystery.

Windward Secrets is a fast paced mystery laced with
humor, suspense, and a touch of the supernatural that will make the reader gasp
at times and soften their hearts at other times. Readers will recognize
someone they know in every character and heighten their awareness of a heinous
international crime.

When Claire McPherson booked Windward Cottage for
the annual reunion with three college friends her biggest concern was whether
they would like the weather-beaten, old Victorian on Cape Cod. Little did she know that would be the least
of her worries.

Claire, Jill, Caroline, and Diane are in for more
than a little R and R. Windward Cottage
has its own special powers of seduction.
After 35 years of friendship they thought they knew everything about
each other, but the old house draws confessions out of each of them revealing
secrets they never knew, and guides them unwillingly into a 50-year-old
mystery.

What was planned to be a vacation filled with fun,
food, and lots of reminiscing turns into one that will change their lives
forever. Who or what is trying to
frighten them? What is it about this
house that won’t let them go? The four women reluctantly take on a mission
that leads them beyond their wildest expectations. Only one woman’s stubborn
determination keeps them at Windward Cottage when common sense tells them to
leave. Fear, danger, and
unexplained events connect the four women to each other and to Windward
Cottage. Where do they go from
here? Can their friendships survive this
vacation? Three of them find their
futures, and one finds her past.

Blurb: Emerson’s
Attic is a time travel mystery series for middle-grade readers. The first book in the series, The Blue Velvet, introduces 14-year-old,
Emerson Amelia McBride as a normal American teenager. While cleaning the attic as punishment, she
is swept back in time to Victorian England.
Emerson’s grandfather guides her, through her dreams, to solve a family
mystery. The intrigue of the inhabitants
of an English manor house force Emerson to think on her feet without the
modern conveniences she’s used to.
History, geography, and even love make Emerson question which life she
prefers.

Blurb: Walking
home from school 14-year-old Emerson McBride thought it was just another
beautiful fall day, little did she know how wrong she was. There’s a secret in
the attic of the old Victorian house where she lives and her best friend Sarah
has gone up to the attic to look for a Halloween costume. Will the same thing happen to Sarah that
happened to Emerson the last time she was in the attic? Will Emerson get home in time to save her
friend?

When Abby Lawrence shows a house to
Ambrose Slater, she's unable to resist the handsome, sensitive hybrid-vampire,
who is a powerful mortal. As she witnesses the deterioration of his brother’s
marriage to a regular woman, Abby must decide if she can embrace the vampire
lifestyle or give up the only man she’s ever loved. Ambrose must choose whether
to risk losing Abby’s love or setting her free, even if it kills him…

Can a vampire baker and a spunky realtor make their relationship work? Or will
their quirky families and the odds against them doom their love affair?

If you’re playing with fire, prepare to
get burned – or to fall in love.

Sparks fly when Felicia and Joshua meet. Discovering her inner fire and
unleashing unimaginable powers makes her realize that all her life, she has
been hiding her true self. When buildings burn and people are in danger, the
tempting game of playing with fire becomes serious. Will their love and
desperate struggle for control save her life, or will the fire magic turn
itself against its mistress?

Blurb: After the death of her husband in a
plane crash, Emma McCoy, a single mom of three, has given up on love. When she
meets Liam O’Reilly, an FBI agent who is new in town, the chemistry is
immediate. Emma tries to keep her distance, but Liam is determined to win her
over. As the two navigate their feelings, Emma’s resolve begins to crumble.
What Emma doesn’t know is that Liam is connected to her past in a way that she
could never have imagined, and this connection could put their future in jeopardy.
In the small town of Beckland, Ohio, danger is the last thing that Emma
expects. However, since Liam’s arrival, it seems like peril is waiting around
every corner.

Blurb: This is Book 4 in The Chosen Series but
it can be read as a STANDALONE since it is Sean's story. For Mature Audiences
17+ only, please.

Sean Ford has loved Lizzie O'Malley all of his adult life. Now that he is in
his thirties and a successful tattoo artist, he finds himself stuck in life. He
should have~ He could have ~ But he didn't. Kicking himself for letting Lizzie
slip through his fingers, he has to pretend that life is just peachy. His
favorite past time is hiding out in his bedroom.
When Aoife Flanagan arrives in Boston to do an internship with college, she is
glad to have escaped the dismal life she has back in Wicklow, Ireland. As a
twenty-three year old student and professional, she prefers staying in the
corner at parties, hiding from everyone's attention, and sticking to the
financial plan that her father outlined for her.
One night...
One confusing night...
One amazing summer...

Sean and Aoife may have been brought together by fate but to stay together
means more than roses and butterflies. They must fight the world for one
another. What separates them is one big ocean and one tiny question.
Sink or Swim?

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Format: ebook

# of copies: 1

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offer, there's no way you can lose. As aforementioned, don't forget to give us
your reading preferences as well as an email to contact you at, and leave the
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On a final note, I'd like to thank
all of the talented authors who participated in this Halloween week-long
giveaway. I really appreciate all of your donations, and any time you contribute
to the blog. You've helped Writing in the Modern Age grow exponentially since
its official guest author launch in 2013!

Readers, don't forget to leave a
comment with your preferences and an email for a chance to win in this
Halloween Extravaganza! Have a great autumn and I hope you have a riveting,
ghoulish Halloween! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Thank you Reagyn for sending me this way! Wonderful lineup of authors and quite a nice mix of subjects. Thanks for setting up the opportunity for me to expand my reading. I enjoy paranormal anything as well as crime and fantasy. My email is t2andjt@gmail.com.

This giveaway is something only a Book Reviewer like myself longs to dream about.

I say this because as a Book Reviewer I've got a policy of NOT ACCEPTING any requests to do a review. It's a policy which I wrote about as a blog entry on my blogs back in October 2014. I only review books which I've won through the various giveaways I enter on a regularon-going basis.

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Fabulous giveaway. I love most genres especially paranormal romance , romantic suspense and mystery . I like Some YA as well and have loiads of grandchildren. I'm not a big Zombie fan or horror and erotica is OK but not my favorite. thanks for the giveaway! Oh I do already have The Shedf by Dianne Hartsock and I Missed A Ghoist by Robin Leigh Moirgan. My email ius cathybrockmanromance@gmail.com

Awesome giveaway! I read everything from paranormal, fantasy, dystopian, thriller, mystery, erotica, to dark reads! I devour it all! Thanks for the opportunity to win some of these awesome books. I read paperbacks or ebooks. Also thanks to all the authors who donated to this awesome giveaway! Thanks Marie for putting all this together you rock! bw2323bro@yahoo.com

Wow! I have never come across such an amazing, large giveaway. Thanks to all for putting this together. I love and devour thriller, mystery, horror, suspense, paranormal…on their own or any combos of these genres (adult)aquariusvacano@gmail.com

Thank you so much for this huge giveaway, it's so generous along with the authors but I like reading young adult but I don't mind if it's not. I specifically enjoy paranormal and horror, comedy is always a fun element as well though. I prefer paperback but ebooks are fine too!My email is: lody98x@yahoo.ie

***CONTEST CLOSED*** The winners will be contacted. If you haven't given your email, please do so as soon as possible. It's hard to track people down just based off of a single comment. If you feel uncomfortable giving your email address on this giveaway, then email me immediately with a good contact email at marieannlavender@gmail.com

We have winners! Sorry for the delay on this, everyone. The last two weeks have been very hectic for me with not only the Halloween giveaway, but a new book release and events tied to that. Again, I apologize for being a ridiculous slow bunny. (Awkward silence.) "Uh, really, Marie?" Ah, nevermind. Anyway, as per usual on these giveaways, I am not officially announcing the winners here on the post. How fair is it to do that when we run the risk of people asking why not them? Please relax and be assured that everyone won something in the giveaway. With over 135 chances to win, how could that not happen? However, if you really are curious about what prize or prizes you may have won, please contact me via email at marieannlavender@gmail.com I am more than willing to help out in that regard.

That being said, please, please, please be sweet and make sure you left an email with your entry. How else will we contact you about your prize? Already, I have been all over the place trying to track down at least two people, and that is very tiring! AND you run the risk of my never figuring out how to contact you because I don't know if I have the right person or you failed to leave your contact info on your blog/site (if you included one). I understand if you want to remain anonymous in cyberspace. I totally respect that. But please, for God's sake, at least email me with your information. I sincerely do NOT want you to lose out on getting a prize, which is bound to happen if I can't find your information and you didn't provide it. PLEASE leave an email following up on this thread or, better yet, just email me at the aforementioned email address. Rant over.

Winners, I will contact the authors shortly, unless I already happen to have the prize tucked away for the event. In any case, you should be getting surprises very soon! And who doesn't like surprises? ;)

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